Sight for firearms



No. 613,893. Patented Nov. 8, |898.

' C. J. STENMAN.

SIGHT FOR FIREARMS. (Application led Mar. SO, 1898.)

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'Patented Nov. 8, |898.

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C. J. STENMAN.

UNITED STATES 1 ATENT OEETCE.

SIGHT FOR FIREARMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 613,893, dated November 8, 1898.

Application filed March 30, l 8 9 8.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. STENMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Old Westbury, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Sight for Firearms, of which the following is a specification. l

My invention relates to sights for firearms, and particularly to a rear sight adapted for rilies and similar guns, and the object in view is to provide a simple, compact, and efficient combination or convertible open and peep sight adapted to be secured to and carried by the barrel of the firearm and capable of adjustment with facility to expose either the open or the peep sight for use.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a view of a sight constructed in accordance with my invention applied in the operative position to a rilie. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the sight, showing the contiguous portion of the gun-barrel, the tumbler being arranged in the position to expose the peep-sight. Fig. 3 is a similar View, partly broken away, `withthe tumbler disposed to expose the open sight. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the tumbler detached. Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively side and plan views of a modified construction of sight, the tumbler being omitted.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Attached to a barrel 1, which is provided with the usual dovetailed seat 2, is a sight having a blade 3, provided with a dovetailed tongue or projection 4 to fit in said seat 2, and carried by the bifurcated rear end of this blade, which is of spring metal or other yielding material, is a tumbler 5, provided with parallel ears 6 and 7 and also with a peep` sight 8 and an open or notch sight 9. This tumbler is mounted between spaced ears 10 by means of a transverse pivot-pin 11, the body portion of the tumbler being bifurcated to form said ears 6 and 7, as also is the contiguous end of the blade to receive a notched Serial No. 675,741. (No model.)

wedge 12,0f whichthe notches are engaged by said transverse pin.

In the construction,illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, the rear end of the blade 3 is bifurcated or slotted longitudinally and is reduced to form spring-tongues 13, and carried by the blade, with a slot 14 registering with the slot of the blade, is a plate 15, having the ears 10, between which the tumbler is mounted, said plate being secured by rivets 16 or their equivalents to the blade, and the springtongues extending rearwardly below and between the planes of the ears 10 to engage the fiat shoulders or stops 17 on the ears G and 7 of the tumbler to hold the latter in either of its adjusted positions, whereby in order to expose either of the sights of the tumbler it is simply necessary to turn the latter to arrange one or the other of its stops or shoulders in contact with the surfaces of the springtongues.

In Figs. 5 and 6 ananalogous construction is illustrated; but the spring-blade 3 instead of being extended to form spring-tongues is bifurcated and enlarged laterally to form the spaced ears 10, between which a tumbler similar to that illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 may be mounted, the spring-tongues 13a consisting of extensions of a plate 15, which is secured to the under side of the blade. In Figs. 5 and 6 I have not illustrated the tumbler and notched Wedge, as they correspond in construction with the similar parts illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, and it will be seen that the operation and relative arrangement of parts are similar to those hereinbefore described.

In addition to its simplicity an important advantage of the construction above described resides in the fact that the peep-sight and open sight are compactly arranged, and both are carried by the barrel of the firearm, thus not obstructing the grip or interfering with the grasp of the stock by the sportsman. Furthermore, the ordinary means of attachment of a sight to the barrel is sufficient, in connection with my improvement, to obtain the advantages of both the peep-sight and the open sight, the elevation of the sight being accomplished, as heretofore, by the use of a notched wedge, and the peep-hole and notch, constituting the two sights, being so loo' arranged relatively as to operate for the same range. In other Words, the adjustment of the rear end of the blade simultaneously disposes the peep-sight and the open sight for the same range, and either sight may be arranged in operative position by a touch applied by the nger of the sportsman.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction maybe resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacriicing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A sight for iirearms having a yielding blade, provided with means for attachment to a gun-barrel, a tumbler, pivotally mounted upon said blade, and having angularly-disposed ears provided With sights, means carried by the blade for engaging the tumbler,

and an adjustable notched Wedge for varying 3. A sight for firearms having a blade provided With means for attachment to a gunbarrel, a plate carried by said blade and having spaced ears, a tumbler pivotally mounted between said ears and having angularly-disposed extensions provided With open and peep sights, and also provided With a plurality of stop-shoulders, the blade being extended to form spring-tongues arranged in operative relation with said stop-shoulders, to maintain the tumbler in either of its adjusted positions, and means for adj usting the tumbler-carrying end of the blade, substantially as specified.

4. A sight for rearms having a blade provided with means for attachment to a gunbarrel, a bifurcated tumbler carried by the blade at its free end and having a transverselydisposed pivot-pin, said tumbler having ears provided respectively with open and peep sights, means for maintaining the tumbler in either of its adjusted positions, and a notch ed wedge arranged in the plane of the bifurcation of the tumbler with its seats in operative relation With said transverse pin, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES J. STENMAN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES A. Mo'rT, ERNEsT D. TATEM. 

